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Roseslug Sawfly (Endelomyia aethiops)
Photo#51362
Copyright © 2006
Steve Scott
Rose skeletonizer -
Endelomyia aethiops
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
May 4, 2006
These are thick on my roses.
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Contributed by
Steve Scott
on 8 May, 2006 - 11:56pm
Last updated 4 April, 2010 - 1:40pm
Moved
Moved from
Sawfly larvae
. Characteristic feeding pattern for the "slug" sawflies, and a perfect match for Cranshaw p. 83F.
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Charley Eiseman
, 26 December, 2008 - 3:59pm
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Thanks
Charley. I'll collect some larvae next summer so we can get some images of the reproductive stage.
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Steve Scott
, 30 December, 2008 - 1:16am
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Moved
Moved from
Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps
.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 6 October, 2008 - 2:19pm
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Looks like a sawfly
- I can't take it any further than that, although Cranshaw
(
1
)
says there's one called
Allanthus cinctus
(curled rose sawfly) that attacks rose in the midwest - described as being "pastel green with numerous whitish spots and a yellow-orange head." He says they would be mostly curled on the undersides of leaves and do most damage when they tunnel into the stems to pupate. Does this fit yours?
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 9 May, 2006 - 6:35am
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Upside feeder
No, these feed on the top side. They are usually alone - occasionally in pairs - but no mass attacks. Damage is limited to the dorsal and medial layers of the leaf, leaving the ventral cell walls intact.
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Steve Scott
, 9 May, 2006 - 10:14am
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Another option, perhaps better:
Googling "rose sawfly" I found
Calliroa aethiops
described as a skeletonizer of rose leaves.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 9 May, 2006 - 8:36am
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That's . . .
. . . a possible match. I'll raise a couple and see what we get. Interesting that Google doesn't yeild any images of adults.
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Steve Scott
, 9 May, 2006 - 10:22am
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 9 May, 2006 - 8:35am
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Very good!
Wow, nice call, Hannah! It is indeed a sawfly larva, and way to track down a possible match using the host plant. Great detective work:-)
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Eric R. Eaton
, 9 May, 2006 - 3:19pm
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Thanks, Eric!
I don't know what I did before Google :)
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 9 May, 2006 - 4:54pm
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